page_title: Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers / History
caption_attribution_description: English: A Freddy’s restaurant, opened in 2019, in Marion, IL
context_page_description: Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is an American fast-casual restaurant chain based in Wichita, Kansas. Its menu includes steakburgers, Vienna Beef hot dogs, and chicken sandwiches, and the company provides frozen custard with a variety of specialty sundaes and concretes.
context_section_description: Freddy's was founded by restaurateur Scott Redler and two brothers, Bill (1955–2016) and Randy Simon, whose father, Freddy Simon, was the inspiration for the restaurant, and its namesake. Redler and the Simons created a brand reminiscent of simpler times.
  The company, founded in Wichita, Kansas, in 2002, opened its first franchise in Hutchinson, Kansas, in December 2004. In April 2011, the company opened its 50th store in Victorville, California, and in October 2013 its 100th store in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Its 150th location opened in April 2015 in Loveland, Colorado. Freddy's opened its 300th location in Indianapolis, Indiana, in March 2018.
  In 2018, Freddy's signed a development and master franchise agreement with Tastebuds Group to bring the concept to the Middle East, with plans to develop in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman and Qatar. The franchisee group brings more than 25 years of regional business experience within the Gulf Cooperation Council to the American brand and will be opening Freddy's first international location in Dubai later in the year.
  Co-founder Bill Simon died at age 61 on December 17, 2016, after a battle with cancer.
caption: A Freddy's in Marion, IL
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